HARTFORD, Conn. -- Florida State senior Phil Cofer found out following the Seminoles' 76-69 victory over Vermont that his father passed away.
"He got a phone call in the locker room after the game that his dad had died," Florida State spokesman Chuck Walsh told ESPN.
Cofer's father had suffered from a "long illness."
When Cofer received the call about his father during Florida State's open locker room after the win, he did not discuss it with the media. Florida State head coach Leonard Hamilton was not aware of the news when he spoke with reporters after the game.